This is 'Bonanza's' Tim Matheson Today

Tim Matheson is known for being in movies like National Lampoon's Animal House and TV series like Bonanza, where he portrayed the parolee "Griff King" in the final season. Today at the age of 71, Matheson is still active in show business! Let's take a look at what the seasoned western star is up to today!

After his role in the long-running Bonanza series, the career of a youthful Tim Matheson didn't slow down. In 1976, he starred in a new western series, The Quest, where he starred opposite of his former castmate, Bing Russell's, son Kurt Russell. His big break in film was in the comedy National Lampoon's Animal House with John Belushi, who he would also act with the following year in Steven Spielberg's 1941.

Tim Matheson is still busy on the red carpet today!

Tim Matheson attends "The Paley Center For Media Presents CNN's The 2000s: A Look Back At The Dawn Of TV's New Golden Age" on June 28, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.

As he acted in a numerous amount of TV series and film throughout the 60's until the 90's, Matheson eventually found himself of work behind the camera. From 1999-2006, Matheson both acted in and directed the hit drama series, The West Wing, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. From then on, he directed many more shows, including Cold Case, Criminal Minds, and White Collar... just to name a few.

Matheson's latest works

Tim Matheson arrives at the premiere of Child's Play at ArcLight Hollywood on June 19, 2019 in Hollywood, California.

In 2016, Tim portrayed Ronald Reagan in the television film, Killing Reagan, also starring Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon. Because of this role, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. More recently, Matheson will be starring in Netflix's drama, Virgin River, and also has a recurring role on the NBC series, This Is Us.